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After some initial confusion online, fans discover that the so-called opening credits for The Rings of Power were actually a video cover made for EW.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s video cover for Entertainment Weekly was recently mistaken as the Prime Video series’ opening credits.

The video cover began circulating online on August 31 and quickly went viral, with more than 23 thousand likes and over 13 thousand retweets as of this writing. Originally shared by Twitter user @BigGulpAmerikan, the video showed The Rings of Power‘s main cast looking towards the camera and slowly turning while darkness engulfed them. The post was captioned, “apparently this is the intro for the new LOTR show… this is what $750 million buys you.” However, the so-called opening credits were later revealed to have been a video cover the cast had done for Entertainment Weekly’s profile on the upcoming high fantasy show.


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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power marks Amazon’s largest investment in original programming for Prime Video yet. At the series’ U.K. premiere event, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos thanked showrunners Patrick McKay and John D. Payne for creating a wonderful adaptation based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s work and for ignoring most of his notes. “Every showrunner’s dream — and I mean every showrunner — their dream is to get notes on scripts and early cuts from the founder and executive chairman,” Bezos joked. “I need to thank you both for listening whenever it helped, but mostly I need to thank you for ignoring me at exactly the right times.”


Critics Praise The Rings of Power

Reviews for the series have praised the show thus far, with CBR’s own Sam Stone noting how impressed he was at the series’ ability to stand “on its own as a separate story from previous Tolkien adaptations.” He also wrote that “the strength of its ensemble cast” as well as the “variety of characters and their respective journeys is what keeps The Rings of Power engaging and fresh, even in its inevitable slower moments as it sets the stage for its epic tale.” Other critics have praised The Rings of Power for being able to capture the epic scale of Middle-Earth, although some did criticize the show’s slow pace in the first two episodes.


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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is set during Middle-earth’s Second Age, showcasing the events leading to Sauron’s rise to power and the crafting of the notorious One Ring. While set thousands of years before the events of Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the series still features some familiar characters, including elves Elrond and Galadriel.

Directed by J. A. Bayona, The Rings of Power‘s first two episodes premiere on Prime Video on Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.

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